Reagan

“Piper, you were losing it back there,” I said as we arrived back at our apartment. Dinner had been brutal for me; Liam hadn’t left me alone the entire time. Yes, I knew we were supposed to be “love interests”, but he really was taking it too far. I was in a sour mood after he had asked me for my number when we got back to our apartment. I had rolled my eyes not-so-subtly, but I had given it to him. I wish I didn’t now. If I hadn’t, I might have proved a point.
Piper blushed and looked down at her shoes. I was incredulous. Piper never fancied anyone. She always said guys were a waste of time. Did she actually…did she actually like Louis?
“Actually, though, Pips. If you don’t stop it, Louis’ going to get the wrong idea,” said Scarlett, kicking her feet up on our coffee table. We were meeting in our living room, going over “the plan”.
“Oh, be quiet,” said Piper, waving her away. “We were just getting ‘acquainted.’”
“Oh, you were getting acquainted alright,” I mumbled under my breath.
“What was that?” she asked, whirling around. “Do you think I have a crush on Louis?”
“I think we should talk about the plan,” piped up Skylar.
“Yeah, we need to get this sorted out,” added Lucy, sitting down next to Scarlett.
I sat down too, and eventually Piper sat down as well. When we were finally all seated, Piper cleared her throat.
“Okay, now that we know the guys…”
“Some better than others,” I mumbled, and Scarlett laughed. Piper shot us a glare.
“Guys, stop. C’mon, keep talking Pips,” urged Skylar.
“…and we know the plan, we need to come up with a way to sabotage this,” said Piper.
“Okay, so you said to do the exact opposite. That’s easy,” I said, examining my nails. I so needed to get a manicure soon. My new color was already chipping.
“Well…not exactly. We can’t do exactly the opposite, or else Erick will figure us out. We need to make it look like we’re trying to follow the script, but we just can’t help but stray off the path,” said Piper. “And not all of us can sabotage. One of us needs to stick with the original script so he doesn’t get suspicious.”
Piper looked at me then, and I shot up immediately.
“No way am I going to stick with Liam!” I exclaimed. “No way! Why can’t it be Piper and Skylar?”
“Because,” said Piper, grinning. “We don’t have to convince Liam to do anything. He’s already in love with you, Reagan.”
I groaned and flopped back down on the couch.
“C’mon, why not you and Louis? That’s easy! He already has a girlfriend!” I said.
Piper flushed a deep red.
“I am not following the script. The script makes me look stupid, lame, and a complete loser. You, on the other hand, will look like you always do. Undecided and a bitch.”
Piper had never called me a bitch before. I shot up, my mouth hanging open.
“How dare you! I am not a bitch! You’re the one always telling everyone what to do!” I shouted. “I can’t believe you’d call me that!”
Piper didn’t say anything, she just straightened her back and huffed.
“Reagan…” said Skylar slowly. “Just go with it, okay? It’s not like it means anything.”
I scowled at her and then went back to glaring at Piper. I wanted her to apologize, but the look on her face told me she definitely meant what she said.
“Fine,” I said, sitting back down. “But you better apologize.”
“Sorry,” said Piper icily, “if you can’t stand the truth. Anyways, Skylar? I want you to go after Niall. You were talking to him today, weren’t you?”
Sky nodded slowly.
“Yeah…I can do that,” she said hesitantly.
“Scar? I want you to go after Zayn,” said Piper.
“He’s still dating Perrie though. So…I don’t know. I don’t think it would work,” said Scarlett.
“Hm…you’re right. Well…I think you two would look so much more natural than Lucy, no offense Lucy,” said Piper, glancing at Lucy with an apologetic look on her face.
“Um…I totally agree,” said Lucy, raising an eyebrow. “What about me?”
“Harry. Go after Harry. He was totally into you. And you liked him,” said Piper slyly.
Lucy blushed and smiled, looking slightly embarrassed.
“So that’s it then? Everyone else gets to have whoever they want, and I’m stuck with Liam?” I said scornfully. “I hate this!”
I got up and stomped off to my bedroom. I heard Skylar call after me, but I ignored her. I hated this. How could they do this to me? I mean, Liam wasn’t even cute for crying out loud, and he talked so much. Why did this have to happen to me?
I flung myself onto my bed and began to cry, not caring that my makeup was still on or that it might smear on my sheets. I was just so mad.